A Mobile Health Intervention for Mental Health Promotion Among University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High positive mental health, including the ability to cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and be able to contribute to one's community, has been associated with various health outcomes. The role of positive mental health is therefore increasingly recognized in national mental health promotion programs and policies. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions could be a cost-effective way to disseminate positive psychological interventions to the general population.

Objective

The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of a fully automated mHealth intervention on positive mental health, and anxiety and depression symptomology among Swedish university students using a randomized controlled trial design.

Methods

A 2-arm, single-blind (rese

SUBMITTER: Bendtsen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7125436 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature